Tag: Sci-Fi
Ready Player One Impresses with Computerized Visual Effects While Cautioning Against Technological Dependence
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Legendary director Steven Spielberg’s latest film Ready Player One transports us to Columbus, Ohio in the year 2045 where reality has turned dystopian and bleak, while a virtual reality world called OASIS, part video…
Read More »Metropolis: A Masterpiece Ahead of Its Time
“Head and hands require a mediator. The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart.” Metropolis is a futuristic city, ruled by its wealthy creater Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel). His son Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the…
Read More »Both Complex and Thrilling, Annihilation is the Latest Entry in Sci-Fi’s Current Renaissance. But At What Cost?
********This review contains spoilers*********** Annihilation introduces us to Lena (Natalie Portman) a biology professor and former member of the US Army whose husband is also a soldier named Kane (Oscar Issac). Kane embarks on a secretive mission and…
Read More »The Cloverfield Paradox’s Hype Outpaces Its Substance
The Cloverfield Paradox centers around Ava Hamilton (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) who, in the year 2028, agrees to join seven other scientists, engineers, and doctors lead by Commander Kiel (David Oyelowo) on a mission aboard an International Space Station to…
Read More »Bright is an Average, but Promising, First Step Toward Something Bigger
Bright is a look in a fictional world that’s similar to our own except for the fact the human history has included the existence of fantastical creatures like elves, orcs, fairies, and dragons. With the presence of these…
Read More »Star Wars: The Last Jedi Takes Bold Risks While Ushering in a New Era
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the latest entry in Disney’s space saga following the galaxy far, far away and the struggle between a fascistic regime hellbent on taking over the galaxy by force, and a small band…
Read More »The Shape of Water Brings the Fairy Tale into Adulthood
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.” The Shape of Water follows Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins),…
Read More »Blade Runner 2049 Remains Faithful to the Original While Making Its Own Mark
“We’re all just looking out for something real.” While conducting his duties of hunting and “retiring” the genetically engineered humanoid workforce known as replicants, Blade Runner K (Ryan Gosling) stumbles upon an old secret that his bosses desperately…
Read More »A Cure For Wellness Just Misses Being Great
In A Cure for Wellness, Mr. Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), an ambitious young Wall Streeter is sent to retrieve his company’s AWOL CFO from a remote medical facility in the Swiss Alps located at the former site of a…
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Upgrade Entertains as a Sci-Fi Action Film While Calling into Question Modern Tech Obsession
“A fake world is a lot more comfortable than the real one.” Set in a not too distant future, Upgrade is the story of Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), an old fashioned, blue collar guy in a world of…
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